Han Byul SongEnglish 1CPaper #April 31, 2014Lord JimLord Jim by Joseph Conrad tells the story of the life of a man named Jim. His story is told through the words of Marlow, a close acquaintance of Jim's. Ever since Jim read about heroes in books, Jim has always dreamed of becoming the hero of his own story. Jim's dreams take him quite far toward the higher ranks of naval officer, even though he lacks experience at sea and against the water. Jim later becomes a sailor on the Patna, a ship carrying Muslim pilgrims to Mecca. One day the ship is struck and begins to flood. The crew leaves the passengers behind and quickly boards the rescue boat. Jim has no time to think and follows the crew and abandons the Patna, believing the ship will sink. However, the Patna does not flow. Jim and the rest of the crew who abandoned ship eventually relayed details of the event to naval generals, leading to Jim being discharged from his command. This is when Jim meets Marlow for the first time. Marlow sees something in Jim and, after hearing what happened to Jim, decides to help him. Jim is still haunted by the Patna incident, and it affects Jim's consistency in keeping his job. Marlow helps him find work here and there, but eventually lands Jim somewhere more suitable. With the help of Stein, a trader, Marlow arranges for Jim to be the postmaster of a remote territory called Patusan. Jim is captured by an enemy of Patusan, but he escapes and defeats the bandit. This makes Jim a Patusan hero. The citizens of Patusan now view Jim as their leader, trust him, and expect him to lead the people. Jim also falls in love with a girl named Jewel, who is the stepdaughter of a man named Cornelius. One day, a man named Gentlemen Brown arrives in Patusan. Ma... middle of paper ....... This ends with Jim being killed by a grieving Doramin. This part of the novel is not specifically about Jim, but the novel explains the central theme of the novel when it says "Thus ended the first and adventurous part of his existence. What followed was so different that without the reality of grief , which remained with him, this strange past must have seemed like a dream (Conrad 207). Jim's death seems to remain unfinished in the novel. Many people die with regrets. Since Jim arrived in Patusan, it's like he entered a world of his own. A dream world where all his dreams can be realized. However, because Jim failed to accept. the mistakes of his past, he even caught up with his own dream world Jim is sometimes held back during his stay in Patusan due to his lack of understanding of his own past...